/*
 * Copyright 2012 Herve Tchepannou Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package com.tchepannou.sms.api;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * This interface represent a SMS gateway
 * @author herve
 */
public interface SMSGateway
{
    /**
     * Initialize the gateway
     * 
     * @param properties
     */
    public void init (Properties properties);
    
    /**
     * Process the payment.
     * 
     * @param request payment request
     * @return payment response.
     * 
     * @throws java.io.IOException if any IO error occurs with the Payment broker
     */
    public SMSResponse process (SMSRequest request)
            throws IOException;
    
}
